Reporter Chen Yong reported that on April 25, the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Federation announced the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second League, as well as the corresponding league policies.
In terms of access, all 18 teams in the Chinese Super League have been admitted; Qingdao and Guizhou in the Chinese First Division have not been admitted, and Beili Institute of Technology and Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards have returned to the Chinese First Division, which is the third time that the Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards have returned to the Chinese First Division, with a total of 18 teams in the Chinese First Division; in the Chinese Second Division, Xiamen Ludao, Shanxi Longjin, Hebei Zhuo'ao, Xi'an Junwolf, Sichuan Minzu and Kunming Zhenghe Shipwrights have not been admitted, and Quanzhou Yaxin, Zibo Qisheng, Shaoxing Shangyu Jilong and Zhuhai Qin'ao have been admitted. At the same time, the U19 national team (2003 age group) will also participate in the Chinese Second Division, with a total of 20 teams in the Chinese Second Division.
In terms of league policy, the "up 3 down 3" of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division means that the competition in the new season will be very cruel, and the U23 policy is the focus of attention.
In terms of access, all 18 teams in the Chinese Super League have been admitted. Of course, in the 2021 season, many teams in the Chinese Super League have wage arrears and theoretically cannot be admitted, but considering multiple factors such as the epidemic, the Chinese Football Association has formulated a timetable for resolving wage arrears, and these unpaid teams have been admitted after providing a solution to solve the wage arrears, as has the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second Division.
The situation in the Middle A is also basically stable, Guizhou Hengfeng did not get the first access review, Qingdao withdrew before this access, in this case, the originally demoted North Polytechnic and Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard returned to the Middle A, interestingly, this is the third time that the Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard returned.
The pattern of the Central B has undergone a very big change, before that, only the Sichuan Minzu Football Team did not get the first round of access review, but then Xiamen Ludao also announced its withdrawal.
The latest entry list, Shanxi Longjin, who ranked sixth in the second division, Hebei Zhuo'ao who ranked 10th, Xi'an Junwolf who ranked 14th, and Zheng He shipwrights in Kunming who ranked 18th, were not admitted. So far, a total of 6 clubs in the Second Division have not been admitted.
As a result, there are only 15 teams left in the Chinese Second League (plus 16 U19 national teams), of which only 10 of the 23 Chinese Second Division teams in the 2021 season are left, the remaining 13 teams, 4 teams rush to the first division, 3 teams are relegated, and 6 teams (Xiamen Ludao, Shanxi Longjin, Hebei Zhuo'ao, Xi'an Junwolf, Sichuan Minzu and Kunming Zhenghe Boatman) withdraw.
To this end, the Football Association also chose to make up the team, before the Chinese Football Association notified 6 teams to have the Qualification for the Chinese Second Division, the relegated Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia and Shaanxi Warriors surpassed to give up the replacement, Quanzhou Yaxin obtained the qualification for the replacement, zibo Qisheng, Shaoxing Shangyu Jilong and Zhuhai Qin'ao three champions teams also won the Secondary Division qualification.
In the final 2022 season, there are 20 Chinese Second Division teams, including 19 Central B club teams, and the U19 national team.
In the past two years, due to the impact of the epidemic, the promotion and relegation of the Chinese Super League has special regulations: in the 20202 season, the relegation place of the Chinese Super League is 1.5, 1 direct relegation place (Yongchang relegation, but then returns), 1 play-off place (Wuhan won in the play-off to stay in the Chinese Super League), and in the 2021 season, because of the expansion of the Chinese Super League at the end of the season, the Chinese Super League directly did not have a direct drop place, 0.5 + 0.5, Qingdao and Dalian lost in the relegation play-off and were relegated.
In the 2022 season, the Chinese Super League resumed normal promotion and relegation, and after the expansion of the Chinese Super League to 18 teams in the 2022 season, the original 2 relegation places were no longer suitable, at this time it was necessary to choose whether to choose 2.5 or 3, and finally the Relegation Quota determined by the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Federation was 3.
At the same time, there are also 3 relegated teams in the Chinese League A.
18 teams relegated to 3 teams, this promotion and relegation regulations are indeed a bit cruel, the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division relegation competition will undoubtedly be extremely cruel, of course, considering the tightening of access at the end of the season, it may not be so cruel in the end.
After the reduction of the central B to 20 teams, the relegated teams are 2, while the promotion teams of the central championship are 4, that is, in the 2023 season, the chinese second division is theoretically expanded to 22 teams.
In other aspects, the U23 policy has received more attention, the U23 policy continues the previous regulations, the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division still maintain 1 U23 player on the field, and the Chinese Second Division is a U21 player. However, there have been significant changes in the reduction and compensation policies:
During the selection of U23 players for the national team (and during the epidemic quarantine period), the club enjoys the U23 reduction, which is the previous policy. At the same time, players who have been selected for the U23 national team and stayed in the U23 national team on loan or transfer in the 2022 season will also enjoy the U23 policy reduction during the period of quarantine during the period of staying in the country and returning to China.
The bigger change is actually the U23 compensation policy, which stipulates the following:
First, the total number of applicants increased by N-1, that is, 2 people can register for 1 more person, and 3 people can register 2 more people, which is of little significance.
Second, each Chinese Super League club, if the U23 national men's football team has more than 4 players (inclusive), the relevant clubs will play against the clubs in each game during the player recruitment period (including the epidemic prevention and quarantine period), and up to 3 foreign players will play at the same time. For example, at present, the Shenhua team has more than 4 U23 national team personnel, so during the training and isolation of the U23 national football team, his opponent foreign aid can only play 3 people. The rule of the Chinese First Division is that the opponent can only play 1 person, because normal the Chinese First Division can only play 2 foreign players at the same time.
At present, Shenhua is likely to enjoy this policy, because the Shenhua team has U23 players such as Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Wen Jiabao, etc., and Wu Xi has also been selected as an overage player, of which Zhu Chenjie, Wen Jiabao and Wu Xi are the absolute main force of the team, and the U23 national team recruitment has indeed had a very adverse impact on the Shenhua team.
Other policies basically continue the previous regulations, including the policy of naturalized players, there is news that Delgado may no longer have to occupy foreign aid quotas, but the latest policy comes out, Delgado if he plays, still have to occupy foreign aid quotas, after Gaulat's departure, Delgado may currently be the only "alien" in the world - in any national league is a foreign aid.
For the Taishan team, they may have to face a choice, once all the foreign aid arrives, the Taishan team is afraid that it will have to loan Delgado, fortunately, many Chinese Super League teams lack foreign aid, but do not have to worry about the next home problem.